Monthly archives: October 2007

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10.30.2007 LATANYA, Uganda – The heaviest rains to hit Uganda in decades are washing away Santa Ayaa’s seeds of peace. Last year’s truce between Lord’s Resistance Army rebels and Ugandan government troops largely calmed years of fighting that sent Ayaa fleeing her village. Read more

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10.31.2007 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Floodwaters and mudslides spawned by Tropical Storm Noel killed at least 48 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, officials said Wednesday, raising the death toll as the storm regained force over water and curved toward Florida and the Bahamas. Read more

Oct

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2007

10.27.2007 SAN DIEGO – They know what the winds can do. They forecast them. Fight the fires the winds fan. Ready for evacuations that, in years past, never came. They thought they knew, until seven days of fury began a week ago. Read more

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10.29.2007 WAIKOLOA, Hawaii – Brush fires that appeared to be the work of arsonists burned out of control Sunday along the coast of Hawaii�s largest island, sending hundreds of people fleeing inland, officials said. Read more

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10.25.2007 The winds which have been fuelling more than a dozen wild fires across Southern California began to ease yesterday, giving renewed hope to those battling the blaze. The fires have been burning from Los Angles to the Mexican border for the past four days, and have now scorched over 645 square miles (1,670 km2); an area twice the size of New York City. Read more

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10.26.2007 Thick fog blanketed Beijing on Friday, reducing visibility to virtually zero in some areas. Thousands of passengers were stranded at the city�s Capital International Airport in the northeast as the thick grey haze shrouded the runways and forced flight delays. Read more

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10.27.2007 More then 3,000 homes are without power and 20 sustained damage after violent storms struck a large area of New South Wales, Australia. Torrential rain and high winds lashed the NSW north coast with thousands of homes loosing power in northwest Sydney due to severe lightning. Read more